Thursday, September 3, 2009

At Hand Quilting yesterday, two finished quilts came off the quilting frames and two new ones went on! Cheers all round! Every time a quilt goes on and comes off a quilting frame it is written down in the Quilting Book with the name of the quilt, who made the quilt and the dates. This book goes back many, many years…some of these ladies have been quilting together for over 30 years!

Does this quilt look familiar?

Yes, it’s the @*%# snowball quilt!! It’s one of the ‘new’ ones to be put on a frame. Signey is helping me baste all the edges so that we can get started.

I must Sew and Tell the ones that came off. The first one is a baby quilt that I just LOVE. It was made by the nicest lady, Linda,who has been quilting for years. She made the dogs out of a soft plush minky fabric (without the dots). Adorable….

Just too cute! Can you see how all the dogs’ ears are 3 D – they are flaps of a darker minky fabric. This is my favourite dog, sleeping while another dog uses him for a stepping stone.

A close up of the stitching…beautiful isn’t it? Linda wanted balls stitched in each square. Very sweet!

Carol made this quilt for her grand-daughter, Brianna. She did a wonderful job and it’s perfect for a little girl.

I really like the way Carol put the little block border just going around each corner. A very pretty way to use up any left over blocks…

Finally Marge brought in a quilt that she finished this week. Marge has been making quilts since she was 11 years old…just a few years.

I love this wonky log cabin quilt. Marge said every piece of fabric came from her scrap bag. You got to love that! After we hand quilt it, this quilt will be going to Marge’s daughter for a gift. Lucky daughter!

Now you know why I love Wednesdays-I get to hang with some VERY talented and nice ladies. AND there is always homemade goodies at coffee break and for dessert at lunch. And I wonder why my thighs are rubbing together…..hmmm ….maybe I should lay off the sweets…..NOT!

11 comments:

What beautiful quilts. I love them all. Oh how I wish they had a quilting club here. They use to, however the ladies got older and didn't want to do it anymore. The younger ones just aren't interested. Someday I hope to live where there are quilters quilting!! You are so fortunate to have this group of ladies.

I loved the quilts - they are all beautiful! The doggy one is particularly fun, and I loved its border fabric!

What a cool group you have! I get together with a few other Moms from my kids' school, who also quilt, but we only work on our own stuff. We don't have any big frames like that, and mostly get together for the conversation and the desserts!! LOL

I wish we could have a hand quilting club here too! It sounds so lovely. I love your snowball quilt most, because it is in my favourite colours, but the dog quilt is hilarious nad the wonky log cabin is amazingly 3D.

thank you for sharing, What a lovely bunch of ladies. I am so happy your snowballs is next cos i have been following that story, what a lovely thing to be a part off. Makes my heart sing to see all the lovely creations being shared and you all should be very proud.

If Marge wanted a new daughter I'm volunteering...Love the dog's ears (sounds like the bees knees) clever. Agree with you on the cot quilt with squares outside the border, its otherwise quite similar to one I gave as present a few weeks ago.Yup that was a good show and tell.A+ for enjoyment and interest!